Knight was an almost Shakespearean character: Brilliant, thoughtful and tragically flawed.” When the news flashed Thursday that Feinstein had died in his brother’s McLean home at age 69, it struck me that Feinstein might have written a similar description of himself.

Feinstein wrote “A Season on the Brink” in 1986, a book chronicling the 1985-86 Indiana men’s basketball season coached by Bob Knight. The Hoosiers, led by Steve Alford, finished 21-8 and second in the Big Ten standings.